“The issue in regard to safety concerns be considered satisfied at this point based on information we have gotten,” said Hyde, referring to the state attorney general's report.

City officials made a request to the attorney general's office to conduct an inspection of the range, which is near the Wild Wind subdivision on FM 1103, after a firearms expert hired by the city contended the improvements made by the range owners were not up to standards.

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The expert, Kerry O'Neal, based his conclusions on documents provided by the range last year, which included photographs and videotapes. Improvements made by the range are meant to stop stray bullets from entering the nearby subdivision.

The city attorney said the range has made improvements since 2011, when it upgraded its baffle walls and installed a corrugated metal roof over a firing area, which were based on recommendations made by O'Neal.

Hyde said the range has put in a second dirt berm to prevent bullets from leaving the range, added an additional wall at the back of the range and made more upgrades in the firing area.

According to the attorney general's report, Hyde said the range is banning certain types of high caliber weapons from being used, as to lower the velocity and power of shots being fired.

Even though the attorney general's office found the range improvements to meet state standards, Hyde said the city still needs to make sure the range does its part to maintain those improvements.

“This process is only going to be as good as they are diligent in maintaining their range,” Hyde said. “If they don't keep it up then we are going to get some reports about (stray bullets).”

During a three-year period, from 2008 to 2011, the Garden Ridge Police Department received reports from homeowners who found bullets on their property in the Wild Wind subdivision.

While authorities reiterated there was no definitive proof the stray bullets were coming from the range, they presumed the projectiles were coming from the direction of the range.

Police Chief Donna O'Conner said she has not received any recent reports of stray bullets being found in the subdivision.

Mayor Jay Feibelman said he is encouraged by the improvements made by the range. “We've had no reports for a long time, and the fact is they even have improved upon the improvements,” Feibelman said. “So it sounds pretty good to me.”